A Busy Start to the Week in the Garden and on the Field!

We kicked off our week with a productive morning in the mahinga kai (school garden)! Tamariki got stuck into weeding, prepping the garden beds, and planting our seedlings. At the end of last term, we sowed pea, bean, zucchini, and telegraph cucumber seeds, and today they found their home in the garden.

Lunchtime saw the launch of our first PAL (Physical Activity Leaders) game of Stuck in the Mud, run by April, Cameron, and Nova. With a fantastic turnout, they split the game into juniors and seniors, making it accessible for everyone. Afterward, they reflected on what worked well and what could be improved, with great ideas already flowing for the next game. We can’t wait for more fun this week!

Term 4 Takeoff: Action-Packed Week of Learning, Leadership, and Fun!

Wow, what a start to our final term! We’ve been buzzing with a visit from Massey University’s research team for Healthy Active Learning, some tamariki have completed questionnaires, and others are wearing wristbands to track their physical activity over the next week.

On Monday, we kicked off with a twist—turning our holiday highlights into snappy newspaper articles, complete with catchy headlines and AI-generated images. Check out some of the finished pieces below!

The kids loved getting outdoors for afternoon athletics practice with Te Manga and Te Kauru, and we wrapped up the week with a Kapa Haka session led by Matua Hori, prepping for our end-of-year prizegiving.

A big shout-out to our ten new Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) who will start running lunchtime games and activities next week. Those who missed out this time will have a chance next year. Check out our new PALs in the photo below!

 

Te Hiku Film Festival 2024

The movies have been played on the big screen at the Te Ahu Cinema in Kaitaia on Wednesday 11 September 2024. This is one of the lucky movies to be chosen from our school. Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of this movie. Please click on the link to view other Te Hiku Films. Please enjoy and feel free to leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment below for the students.

Rippa Rugby and Parafed

Kia ora whānau

Last week was a busy one for Te Puawai.  We were incredibly lucky to have two manuhiri to add to our kete.  First we had Bodean visit on Tuesday to teach us about rippa rugby, we played some fun and engaging warm up games then we paired up for some drills before finishing with a whole class game.  Our class are very keen to have Bodean back again in the future.

Thursday we were very fortunate to have Parafed visit to run a session using a variety of sports equipment that are specifically designed for people with disabilities.  There was so much variety and something for everyone to enjoy.  Games were the finisher for this session as well and we extend our gratitude to Whaea Pele and Whaea Jonelle from Parafed, also to Whaea Alysha for organising this on our behalf.

 

School Values

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This week we have started our learning on explanation writing.

Today we watched a couple of videos and had a class kōrero about what explanation writing is.

Next we split into five groups to work collaboratively, each group had one school value to focus on.  The task was to explain what each value means and write examples of demonstrating this value at Paparore School.

Our next learning step was to choose the one school value they feel most strongly about and to independently write a paragraph explaining what that school value means and specific examples they have seen in action at our kura.  Once we have written our paragraphs we revisit our writing process of recrafting, editing and then publishing.

Here are some photos of our collaborative task which was our planning for our writing.

Can you share any examples of our school values being demonstrated that you have seen?

  

 

STEM Challenge Week 9

On Tuesday we completed a STEM challenge. Using marshmallows and spaghetti sticks, we had a competition to see what group could make the tallest tower. There was a lot of fallen towers and marshmallowy hands by the end of it. We discussed what went well and what didn’t work in each group.

Ava, Jesse and Shaan had the tallest tower all round and won a prize.